20 time Individual Reflection

I challenged myself by trying to figure out how the electric motor works and the environmental benefits of electric cars. I chose to research electric cars because they are my interest and I like to sit inside them. My goal was to learn more about electric cars and their range and qualify for the TED Talk. I was focused on helping others because I wanted to help the environment.  My plan to achieve my goal was to research the different electric car-making companies. I collected a lot of information from the environmental groups about electric car and their impact on the environment. I also researched about electrical power plants because they pollute the environment which is a problem to be solved. My project went well because I was researching a lot and learned about electric cars. My project will be life long because we will have new electric cars in the future.  I want to learn more about how to reduce the price of electric cars and make them more environmentally friendly.  I learned that electric cars are very expensive and how they affect the environment.  Next time if I do this project again I would study diiferent interests like planes, or boats and their environmental impact. I would like to continue this challenge because electric cars are my interest and I want to learn more about them. 

Unit 9 Reflection

This unit I learned about phylogeny which is the evolutionary history and relationships of species using taxonomy. Also, I learned that birds are dinosaurs in terms of bone similarity and beaks. I want to learn more about how plants become fungi over time. A question I still have is why do we get AIDS?  I wonder what life would be like if we still had dinosaurs.

From my presentation I learned that fruit flies eye colors are sex-linked. I did very good because I prepared a lot and was interested in my topic. If I was to do it again I would memorize my presentation to make it more fun for the class. In my TED Talk I will use what I learned from this presentation to shorten the bullet point notes.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZBxfFIZlh6Pa_ZjjjCNWd2uNFQ0IYPfKhRFt-yjuTzA/edit#slide=id.p

My Inner Fish

In this movie, I learned about evolution because we connect with fish. We have the similar bones but fish has fins and we have hands. They found a fossil by the side of the highway. I found interesting that they were able to find the fossil and it was exactly that they were looking for. Tiktaalik had a neck and use this to look for food. They found a shoulder girdle was part of a tetrapod.  Birds, dogs, humans have one bone and two bones and digits we knew that we were connected to them. They went to Antartica and found a transition fish that was a Tiktaalik was strong enough to get itself out of the water. They found something that was not quite a fish because it can go onto land and it also had a moveable wrist and an elbow and a shoulder. The transition fish was a connection to us and through evolution.